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#1 Putting on weight
Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2016 6:25 pm
by Gfhug
Came across this photo in xkedata:
http://www.xkedata.com/gallery/zoom/?id=279863
Not sure if that shows how small our E Types are or if modern cars are brought up on a diet of too many burgers and
Geoff
#2 Re: Putting on weight
Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2016 6:41 pm
by christopher storey
Well , Geoff, I agree wholeheartedly about modern cars which are far too big and more to the point too heavy . What is salutary, however, is to put an ordinary SWB E against an XK120 -140 - 150 and discover that the E is shorter
#3 Re: Putting on weight
Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2016 7:50 pm
by mgcjag
Hi Geoff....just goes to show what a nice rear end the S2 has...the F type is far to bulky
#4 Re: Putting on weight
Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2016 8:47 am
by malcolm
Yeah, my wife has a tiny car - a Toyota Yaris. It's wider than my E Type. No wonder you can't park modern cars in the bays in a car park without door banging!
#5 Re: Putting on weight
Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2016 9:28 am
by Simon P
Yep - out on the road amongst modern traffic the F-type looks positively svelte. But park it against an E-type, and it's a bit of a barge......
